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House Subcommittee Votes to Cut Federal Funds for Public Broadcasting

A House Appropriations subcommittee on Thursday voted to slash federal funding for public broadcasting from $400 million to $300 million next year-and to eliminate a $23 million program that provides funding for children’s TV programs such as “Sesame Street” and…

ABC to Premiere ‘Neighborhood,’ ‘Brat Camp’ in July

ABC will launch its six-episode unscripted one-hour series “Welcome to the Neighborhood,” Sunday, July 10 and begin the reality teen survival series “Brat Camp” with a two-hour premiere on Wednesday, July 13.“Neighborhood” brings seven very different families to an Austin,…

July 10 Premiere Set for Fox’s ‘Princes of Malibu’

Fox will premiere its new reality series “Princes of Malibu,” starring Brandon and Brody Jenner, on Sunday, July 10, at 8:30 p.m. (ET).“Princes” features music composer and arranger David Foster, who married the Jenner brothers’ mother, former Elvis Presley girlfriend…

Ad Spending on the Rise

Advertising spending for the first quarter 2005 rose 2.4 percent from same period last year, according to preliminary figures released Thursday by Nielsen Monitor-Plus. Spanish-language showed the biggest gains, up 19.3 percent. Cable TV was up 12.4 percent and network…

Logo to Launch New Original Series

Logo is going for laughs. The gay- and lesbian-oriented network plans to launch a new original series featuring stand-up comedians this summer, the network said Thursday. Logo also acquired three series featuring Graham Norton, two of which have not been…

Kurth Drops Out of FCC Running

Christine Kurth, the favored candidate of Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, for a Republican vacancy at the Federal Communications Commission, has dropped out of the running for the post.In a statement, Ms. Kurth, who is currently deputy staff director for the…

ABC Family Gets ‘Kicked Out’

ABC Family has ordered a half-hour reality series where slacking 20-somethings are booted from their homes and into the real world. Eight episodes have been ordered of “Kicked Out,” which is produced by High Noon Entertainment.High Noon is a new…

Here! Reaches Carriage Agreement with Charter Communications

Here! said Thursday it had reached a carriage agreement with Charter Communications that will make its content available to the multiple system operator’s 1.3 million customer who receive Charter on Demand as part of their digital service. Subscribers will pay…

Gretchen Carlson Joins Fox News Channel

After three years of co-anchoring “The Early Show” Saturday edition for CBS News, Gretchen Carlson is joining Fox News Channel as an anchor starting June 20.

Clear Channel Promotes Perry to Exec VP and COO

Clear Channel Television veteran Donald Perry has been promoted to the newly created position of executive VP and chief operating officer. Mr. Perry, who was a longtime general manager and regional VP with the group, will oversee its six regional…